Killer Tunes: Post A Song About Murder

[Floyd R. Turbo]

[Arkansas Granny]

1. Here's an oldie.

[mainstreetonce]

2. Goodbye Earl

Dixie chicks

[rzemanfl]

3. Adele-"If It Hadn't Been for Love"

[CincyDem]

4. Murder by Numbers - The Police

[Stellar]

5. Killing Me Softly...

Or actually about Murder?

[Eugene]

6. Stagger Lee

[cemaphonic]

35. Sorry, but the one true version of Stagger Lee is, was, and always will be...

Mississippi John Hurt

R.L. Burnside's version is pretty great too, but I can't find a good version on Youtube.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Another oldie:

[trof]

8. He Says MURDER, he says

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[TexasBushwhacker]

9. Bohemian Rhapsody

[Binkie The Clown]

10. Bang bang

[DFW]

24. That was my choice!

Hands down!

[wyldwolf]

11. Hazard - Richard Marx

[JenniferJuniper]

12. "Outside of A Small Circle Of Friends

Look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed,
They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain
But Monopoly is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game!
And I'm sure it wouldn't interests anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends

RIP Kitty Genovese

[FrankfurtCat]

13. Elton John- "Ticking"

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. Folsom Prison Blues

[sl8]

15. "El Paso" Marty Robbins

[Eugene]

16. Delilah - Tom Jones

[SkatmanRoth]

17. 9mm Goes Bang - KRS One

[IcyPeas]

18. Smiths - Suffer Little Children

[IcyPeas]

19. Down by the River - Neil Young

[NNadir]

20. Delia; David Bromberg

[Ohiya]

41. And another David Bromberg

Send me to the 'lectric chair

[NNadir]

48. A nasty song though. He also did "Bullfrog Blues," along the way, making fun of Hugh Hefner...

...but still a song about killing your lover.

[Ohiya]

62. That brings back memories!

I listened to 'How late'll ya play til" a lot in late 70's and/or early eighties. (It's kinda hazy)

I saw him live at a small venue for a very enjoyable concert.

Also, I recently saw a documentary on him.

[NNadir]

69. I must have seen him play live 25 or 30 times, maybe more, the first time...

...before he was really famous in a small university auditorium. He did Mr. Bojangles, solo. I was hooked.

He used to play with his electric band quite a bit at "My Father's Place" out on Long Island in his big electric band phase. I always used to show up as early as possible, because you seating at the tables was first come, first served. I remember one night there when he did "Sharon," where he quite literally made his guitar talk, during the dance portion of the song, "Then she looked right at me..."

He made his guitar, some kind of slide/electronic effect say, "Daaaaaaaavid, Daaaavid."

Acoustic or electric, solo or with a big band, he was always fabulous.

He always used to bring the house down.

He was great live, absolutely great.

[Ohiya]

80. Sounds like good times!

[Tom_Foolery]

21. LONG BLACK VEIL...

[sl8]

22. Lizzie Borden, by the Chad Mitchell Trio, 1962

"...
No, you can't chop your
Papa up in Massachusetts
..."

[Zorro]

23. Big Iron -- Marty Robbins

[Va Lefty]

52. Yes Love that song!!

[cemaphonic]

25. Man, I love murder ballads

Peter Rowan - Cold Rain & Snow

Clifton Hicks - Omie Wise

Jack White - Carolina Drama

[MFM008]

26. Indiana wants me-- R. Dean Taylor

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[DBoon]

27. Killer - Alice Cooper

[DBoon]

28. The Minutemen - Little Man with a Gun in His Hand

Obvious given my handle

[Squinch]

29. Watching the Detectives

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[FM123]

30. AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

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[mia]

31. Ode to Billy Joe

[Squinch]

32. Ahhh, but IS it?

Love that song.

[Leith]

33. A Light Hearted One for Doctor Who Fans

Sorry, YouTube doesn't seem to have an original video.

[uriel1972]

34. The entire album "Murder Ballads"

by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

[lastlib]

36. The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia

You Don't Mess Around With Jim

[FSogol]

37. The Clash- Somebody Got Murdered

[FSogol]

38. Dead Milkmen - Jason's Head

I think it's obvious
Jason got real pissed
About all the guys she kissed

We're goin' down, down, down to the ditch
Where she said she hid
What's left of Jason's head

When you wake up with the sun
Your whole world will be undone
Like a bullet in a gun
You'll be waiting to be sprung

Jason's head will not be found
Keep it buried in the ground
Remember, stick to your plan
Wipe the blood off of your hand

[Thor_MN]

39. Claims it was self defense, but these days that only works one way...

[OriginalGeek]

40. it happens I have I few

[Ohiya]

42. Warren Zevon - "Excitable Boy"

[sl8]

49. And another by Warren Zevon - Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner

[Ohiya]

43. Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts

[Ohiya]

44. Louse Armstrong's version

Mack the Knife

[Codeine]

45. Basically every Cannibal Corpse song is about murder.

[Ohiya]

47. Tweeter and the Monkey Man

[whistler162]

50. Billie Holiday

Also

[NNadir]

70. Oh man...Strange Fruit...

I once worked it out on the guitar, and was thinking of playing it in a club back when I performed, with reference to the rule that no one but Billie should ever sing it, because I thought the song was being forgotten, but I couldn't do it. I had to respect the rule.

It was so powerful, and to think of it now, that the country is being run by racists, is much worse.

[madaboutharry]

51. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.

By Bob Dylan

[Zorro]

76. Powerful song

You can get away with murder if you're wealthy.

[VMA131Marine]

53. Murder by David Gilmour

[Va Lefty]

54. George Thorogood Cocaine Blues

[EX500rider]

91. Isn't that a Johnny Cash song?

[Glorfindel]

55. "Jealous Lover" My mother used to sing me to sleep with a slightly different version

of this song

https://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=1579

[VMA131Marine]

56. One of these days - Pink Floyd

[FuzzyRabbit]

57. Tex Ritter - Blood on the Saddle

[VMA131Marine]

58. Lock and key - Rush

[VMA131Marine]

59. Maxwell''s Silver Hammer - The Beatles

[Alpeduez21]

60. Kill the Wabbit!!

[IADEMO2004]

61. Don't You Want Me - The Guess Who

I'll kill your kid sister, I'll murder your dad
I'll rip the lashes off your eye,
I'll slaughter all your cattle and I'll burn your crops
If you're dancin' with another guy.

[LiberalLoner]

63. ......

[LiberalLoner]

64. ......

[Iggo]

65. From the best metal album of 1986 and the best speed metal album of all time...

"She Took An Axe", by Flotsam And Jetsam, from the album Doomsday For The Deceiver.

"The axe came down!
Blood all around!
The axe came down!
Blood all around!"

[doc03]

66. Mr. Garfield Been Shot Down/Johnny Cash

[Tikki]

67. These:"Lights of Downtown"...Long Ryders, "Come Home With Me"...Ausmuteants

Tikki

[GReedDiamond]

68. From my band, Benedict Arnold & The Traitors..."Going Postal"...

...from the 2008 CD "Star Spangled Bummer"

[Laffy Kat]

71. "Mack the Knife"

[Tikki]

72. These:"Psycho Killer"...Talking Heads,"Wrecking Crew"...The Meteors

Tikki

[Dulcinea]

73. Bessie Smith: Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair

[Dulcinea]

74. Soundgarden: Burden in My Hand

One of my favorite songs!

[kwassa]

75. Murder She Wrote

Chaka Demus & Pliers - Murder She Wrote

[Zorro]

77. Strange Fruit

[geardaddy]

78. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads

[maxrandb]

79. Proud to be an American

Hey! Everytime I hear it I want to kill someone or slit my own wrists

[lame54]

81. Iron Maiden...

[NotASurfer]

82. Maria Navarro

[struggle4progress]

83. The Irish Ballad

[Doc_Technical]

84. Down in the willow Garden (Rose Connelly)

[Steerpike]

85. The Beatles Run for your Life

[TryingNot2Freak]

86. I don't think any of these are duplicates

But my apologies if someone else already posted them & I missed it!

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[retread]

87. Murder in the Red Barn

[demmiblue]

88. PJ Harvey - Down By The Water

[malthaussen]

89. Here's three that haven't been mentioned:

Smackwater Jack (Carole King):

(This version really cooks, by the way)

The End (The Doors):

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown (Jim Croche):

(Although perhaps this is more manslaughter than murder. It depends on how the plea bargain works)

-- Mal

[3catwoman3]

94. I think the last time I listened to Smackwater Jack would be...

...at least 30 years ago. Probably longer. Definitely a catchy tune, and that is some truly awesome piano playing.

The lyrics now make me sick at heart.

[loyalsister]

90. Death To My Hometown

[EX500rider]

92. Jim Carroll - People Who Died

[Paladin]

93. "A Young Girl" by Noel Harrison (1966)

Bone-chilling stuff, from my high school days.